We are pleased to announce the 21st edition of Artist of the Day. This two week exhibition showcases the work of ten emerging artists chosen not by the gallery, but by established professional practitioners who have each nominated a talent of their choice.

For the opening day of the show, Tim Shaw RA has chosen Beatrice Brown to present an original performance and video installation on Monday 23^rd June 2014.

The gallery space will be radically transformed in order to immerse the audience in the artist's ritual experience, which involves two performers in a tin bath and several large-scale video projections. Colourful pigments and water constantly falling will plant the atmosphere of this artwork, which aims to explore the themes of baptism, torture, hypnosis, and the hooking of souls from one world to the next.

To realise this unique exhibition, the artist is asking for public donations to cover the production costs. Donations of any size are welcomed, however the following amounts will receive fantastic gifts from the artist:

£15 = 1 Signed Beastellabeast album - 'Stars and Wronguns'

£25 = Box set of Beastellabeast albums 'Stars and Wronguns' and 'Beastiality'

£50 = Blessed bottle of Oare water as to be used during live performance

£100 = Ink drawing (signed)

£500 = Still print (signed edition)

£1000 (and over) = Oil painting

Please click here to make a donation 

Beatrice Brown is a complete artist whose practice covers the fields of painting, drawing, performance and music. She has shown her work at the ICA, the Roundhouse, 1 Exhibition Road, Pure Evil Gallery , The Cornwall Biennale and Millenium St Ives. 

Beatrice was selected for Artist of the Day by Tim Shaw RA, who wrote:

"I walked into the world of Beatrice Brown one summer evening last year and never forgot the experience. A caravan parked on top of the Halzephron cliffs on the Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall. Inside a young woman in a nightdress lay across a bed; into a microphone she recited Dante's Inferno and sang words close to the heart. The scent filled candle lit interior was an explosion of gypsy memorabilia. The experience transformed reality into something unsettling and visceral."

Please click here to donate to this unique exhibition